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In Spain, around 240 thousand cases of people infected with coronavirus have been registered. One o…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 8, 2020

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Grassroots “9066 Meetings”

On a past Thursday afternoon, about 20 people from all walks of life gathered for an early dinner a…

Makiko Nakasone • April 8, 2020

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The owner of the Pacific Cooperative is the Nikkei society

In the late 1960s, Peru was governed by a left-wing military dictatorship that had closed the Peruv…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • March 9, 2020

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Cultural Merging and Identity: A Fourth-Generation Okinawan Japanese Peruvian American Speaks Out

Michelle Yamashiro has been told she has little trouble expressing herself. The vibrant 28-year-o…

Sharon Yamato • June 11, 2019

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120 years of Japanese immigration to Peru: memories against oblivion

On April 3, 1959, the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of Japanese immigrants to …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Feb. 6, 2019

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Isaac Lindley's Inca Kola: a support that is never forgotten

“Golden Kola”, “with a national flavor” and that “combines with everything”, this is Inca Kola. He …

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato +1 • Jan. 30, 2019

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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage

“Hey, Chinese.” I am not Chinese

My family lived in Barrios Altos, a populous neighborhood in Lima, Peru. We liked being in the stor…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Oct. 2, 2018

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Isamu Carlos Shibayama and the Persecution of Japanese Latin Americans: A Pending Case

Isamu Carlos Shubayama, the son of Japanese immigrants, was born in Peru in 1931. When he was still…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • May 1, 2017

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Art & Betty Shibayama - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> What city did you grow up in? Betty Shibayama (BS): It was a town, Hood Rive…

Emiko Tsuchida • April 26, 2017

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Art & Betty Shibayama - Part 1

In my case, they denied my citizenship because I didn’t have legal entry. Now, the governme…

Emiko Tsuchida • April 25, 2017